Sacred body: materializing the divine through human remains in antiquity
The human body represents the perfect element for relating communities of the living with the divine. This is clearly evident in the mythological stories that recount the creation of humans by deities among ancient and contemporaneous societies across a very broad geographical environment. Thus, par...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxbow Books
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Further subjects: | B
Death
Religious aspects
B Human Body Symbolic aspects B Human remains (Archaeology) B Human body ; Symbolic aspects B Human Body Religious aspects B Death ; Religious aspects B Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient B Human body ; Religious aspects |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 178925518X. - 9781789255188 |